The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word SHAKE HANDS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SHAKE HANDS
- Get to grips in a friendly fashion?
- Way to greet fish worker on board ship
- Show violence towards workers or indicate friendship?
- Greet workers led by wag
- Unnerve members of staff with post-match instruction?
- Rattle the workers and extend a greeting
- Greet 28 shipworkers
- Crook runs away — suspect Den has to agree a deal
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The straight part
We know that "Greet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case greet = shake hands.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.